Project aim:

This project will bring together experts on railway capacity and safety from two leading railway engineering programmes for a workshop on international approaches to managing the traffic capacity and safety risks of shared rail corridors.

Project activities:

A joint workshop is proposed for autumn 2015 at the University of Birmingham (UoB) to connect global leaders on the topics of railway capacity and safety under train-type heterogeneity at Illinois (UIUC) and Birmingham and further build relationships

A unique educational experience for students will be created by facilitating access to the extensive rail research facilities in Birmingham and the dense rail system of the UK

A journal paper comparing and contrasting international approaches to shared rail corridor capacity and safety will be prepared for publication